Police and Jails

I got to see Let the Fire Burn at the Little on November 12. It's been a while, but I did want to give it a bit of a review.

It's an impressive document of the misguided actions of the Philadelphia government and police against the MOVE organization that led to them bombing and burning a house in 1985 containing 13 members, eleven of whom perished. In a way, it's a microcosm of war: both are avoidable, expensive, and deadly acts.

Rochester had the honor of screening the film "The Throwaways", which documents the life of Ira McKinley, an ex-felon and homeless man as he attempts to show the viewer "the throwaways" in our society.

Section 1. Slavery prohibited.“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

You may have heard from a friend, social networking or from another source about the Million Mask March planned for November 5th, 2013. According to Anonymous, The organization who organized and publicized the event, This is a march through the streets of Washington D.C. to end at the white house. The goal here is to arrest President Barack Obama for crimes against humanity.

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